9th Jun 2014

Scientists have uncovered a new mechanism by which plants can regulate root architecture, a discovery that could lead to better ways of growing crops.
Adaptable roots are critical for plants to survive in changing environmental conditions, to anchor the plant to the ground and take up water and...

4th Jun 2014

Another week, another round-up of the UK’s Arabidopsis research publications! Today’s episode of the round-up features one of our committee members, David Salt, from the University of Aberdeen, as well as work from the Universities of Leicester, Birmingham and Nottingham, and a 3D-graphic...

28th May 2014

It’s all stem cells and circadian clocks in this week’s Arabidopsis Research Round-up, with a couple of new papers from The Sainsbury Laboratory at Cambridge and the University of York.
Wang Y, Wang J, Shi B, Yu T, Qi J, Meyerowitz EM and Jiao Y. The stem cell niche in leaf axils in...

21st May 2014

We have three new Arabidopsis papers for you this week, all involving plant scientists based in the UK, and all open access! This week’s new published work comes from the John Innes Centre, and the Universities of Nottingham, Edinburgh and Exeter.
Wang Z-W, Wu Z, Raitskin O, Sun Q and...

20th May 2014

Following the update of its strategic plan at the start of 2014, BBSRC has refreshed its research funding priorities for Responsive Mode grants.
The Strategic Plan 'The Age of Bioscience', first published in 2010, enabled BBSRC to identify emerging opportunities within bioscience. It was refreshed...

14th May 2014

Juriaan Ton and his group from the University of Sheffield were featured in last week’s Arabidopsis Research Round-up, and here they are again with another paper, this time in Frontiers in Plant Science.
• Luna E, Lopez A, Kooiman J and Ton J. Role of NPR1 and KYP in long-lasting...